Over 10,000 people expected to attend Lifest in Oshkosh this weekend

Travelers headed north from Fond du Lac may see more traffic than usual this weekend as the Christian music festival Lifest starts today in Oshkosh.

The origin of Lifest started in 1990 in Appleton as a 5K run/walk. In 1999 A Christian music festival was added to the run/walk weekend and it was held at the Sunnyview Expo Center in Oshkosh.

in 2004, Lifest experienced its largest attendance with more than 17,000 people at the event. Lifest had stopped holding the run/walk and had grown into a four day event, with over 150 acts on 7 different stages.